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Be it known that I, CLARENCE BBOSIUS, of the ,town of Hancock, in the county of Washington, and State` of Maryland, have invented al new and improvedAppai-atus for Elcvating and Lowering Hogsheads, Barrels,v

Boxes, or any other heavy articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. My'invent-ion consists in the constructionof a stationary skid and slide, and stays, for the accomplishment of sadpurpose. v f i e To enableany one t'o make use of my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I construct a stationary skid, marked A, as shown by the accompanying'drawing; also aslide, with pointed handles on the upper end, marked B; "a rope or chain; marked C; and stays, marked D. skidiA- is placed with its top resting at the level or plane to `which the article is to be raised, or from whichit isto be,-

lowered, the lower end of the skid resting on the plane to which the article is to be loweredor fromwhifzhitis,l to be raised, thcskid to be placed at any angle convenient. The rope or chain VC is fastened to a clef Iattached` to the centre of lower rossfpiece of slide B, marked a, and is thence carried toand over a small'pulley, marked'. b, which p ullcyis inserted in a-mortise made in cross-piece E, which turns on its axis, let intoulupperlnd 'off skid A; TheropeQor chain C thenfpassesovera small pulley, working in a mcrt'se made in*thecentr,4 he lower cross-piece of AslideV B, thence `to and over a'. -largei` pulley working inthe pper part of the Vmortxse in cross-piece E', marked c, thence to and over a small pulley working in a mortse let into the'sde piece ofi-skid A. The slideB has Afour wheels, two markede e, set in the lower ends of slide B, and two of'half `thels'iae ef lowerwhcels, working halt` in a mortise let into the lower side of side pieces of slide B above thenppcr,

cross-piece ofjsaid slide B. v The upper part of the side pieces of slide B are perforated with two or moreholes,- inl which areinserted the stays D D when used. The slide B works in agroovemade inside pieces oflskid A5.

` Whentheapparatusis to'be use'd for lowering an article,V the slide B is drawn up the. groove in ,skid-,` until the wheels Ve e rest in the upper part of said groove, and the slide on theV level from which the aticlelis to, be lowered. The article is then placed onslide B, and secured `with stays D D, .and then loweredl by the op fr# `atorby means of ropel o r chain C. To raise an article, theY slide B is lowered infv grooves o i` skid untiljthe" pointed handles ,of upper-part of. slide rest in the lower part of said groove's,and the slide its-elf` on plane' then raised the operator by means o'f rope or chain C, working as before described. What I claim `as my invention, anddesire `to s'ecure by Letters Patent, is` I The skid, slide, andstays, as -described'and set forth.

.from which the article-is to be raised. The article is then placed on thc slide, stayed with" stays CLARENCE nnosms; i

a 4Witnesses: l

EDMUND B.y SEYMOUR, F. S. Sowas. 

